Shakespeare: Invention of the Human: The Invention of the Human"The indispensable critic on the indispensable writer." -Geoffrey O'Brien, New York Review of Books A landmark achievement as expansive, erudite, and passionate as its renowned author, this book is the culmination of a lifetime of reading, writing about, and teaching Shakespeare. |
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Page 102
... dark and dark our woes . [ III.v.1-36 ] Exquisite in itself , this is also a subtle epitome of the tragedy of this tragedy , for the entire play could be regarded as a dawn song that , alas , is out of phase . A bemused audience ...
... dark and dark our woes . [ III.v.1-36 ] Exquisite in itself , this is also a subtle epitome of the tragedy of this tragedy , for the entire play could be regarded as a dawn song that , alas , is out of phase . A bemused audience ...
Page 243
... dark . Clown . Madman , thou errest . I say there is no darkness but ignorance , in which thou art more puzzled than the Egyptians in their fog . Mal . I say this house is as dark as ignorance , though ignorance were as dark as hell ...
... dark . Clown . Madman , thou errest . I say there is no darkness but ignorance , in which thou art more puzzled than the Egyptians in their fog . Mal . I say this house is as dark as ignorance , though ignorance were as dark as hell ...
Page 354
... dark , that helps bring about a rancid resolution , both here and in Measure for Measure . The sportive formula in the dark they are all alike - is partly Shakespeare's satire upon the male propensity scarcely to distinguish one woman ...
... dark , that helps bring about a rancid resolution , both here and in Measure for Measure . The sportive formula in the dark they are all alike - is partly Shakespeare's satire upon the male propensity scarcely to distinguish one woman ...
Contents
Shakespeares Universalism | 1 |
The Comedy of Errors | 21 |
The Taming of the Shrew | 28 |
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